wives
Example Sentences
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While some wives were known as “camp followers,” performing basic domestic duties, Anna fought on the battlefield.
Then there are the big things that are off, like Nina’s wild mood swings and the vicious gossip about her mental health among the other Stepford wives of the area.
From Los Angeles Times
He called himself the Fashion Whisperer of Boston and for years outfitted socialites and the wives of Red Sox players as a stylist at the city’s Saks Fifth Avenue store.
God is important, but so are Abraham and Sarah, Isaac and Rebekah, Jacob and his two wives.
Old wives’ tales of silver spoons turning black when they touch a poisonous mushroom, or that only bright-colored or foul-tasting mushrooms are unsafe are false, he said.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
